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HDD not showing full capacity.

  • 25-04-2011 1:42pm
    #1
    steve_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 956 ✭✭✭


    Is there any reason why my hard drive isnt showing its full capacity? Its a 180gb drive thats only show 100gb of free space. All that is installed on the drive is the OS. Is there a way for me to completely wipe the drive and perform a fresh install? Seems when i do a reinstall alot of files stay on the drive. Id like to just to a complete wipe, and start from scratch.


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  • #2
    alan4cult
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭alan4cult


    If it's a 180gb hard drive then when it's formatted it will show as 167gb (multiply by 0.93 roughly). This is because hard drive manufacturers define capactiy in base-10 whereas when it's formatted it's base-2. Is your hard drive taking up 67gb?


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    a lot of manu's also have recovry partitions in the host protected area

    windows will also use swap file and hidden system restore areas


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